Introduction

Our range of courses and briefings are designed to ensure that anyone working with children and their families has the knowledge and skills they need to:

• deliver effective services
• promote the welfare and safeguarding of children.

Learning opportunities are provided through a variety of means, including eLearning and full and half-day face-to-face or virtual training and briefings, on the Learner Management System (LMS).

Find out more about our eLearning courses

Access learning and training via the LMS

The ERSCP has a responsibility, under Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023, to undertake reviews of individual cases, complete multi-agency audits, and provide briefings on specific safeguarding issues. Identified learning is shared through inter-agency learning and development sessions with professionals who work with children and young people, to improve practice.

The right course for you

The right course for you will depend upon:

• the degree of contact you have with children, young people and adults who are parents/carers
• your level of responsibility for safeguarding and child protection within your organisation
• your identified learning needs

Use supervision with your manager to select the appropriate course for your training needs.

Log into or register for the Learner Management System

If you have not already registered for the Learner Management System, you will need to create an account.

Expectations for all participants

Courses are designed to promote integrated working and to help professionals from different agencies to network, therefore, we recommend that you apply for a course taking place in the area in which you work.

Please check the learning aims and outcomes of a particular course are relevant to your responsibilities for safeguarding children, and that they will meet your learning needs.

Child Protection training can include subjects that some participants may find difficult. We advise that you consider where you can gain support after the course, if necessary.

Expectations of line managers

Ensure that the staff member or volunteer is working at the level of responsibility relevant to the course and that learning needs:

• have been identified
• are consistent with the aims and learning outcomes of the course.

By signing the application form you are giving a commitment that the applicant will attend for the whole course. If your staff member or volunteer is unable to attend, you must ensure that apologies are sent prior to the start of the course. There may be a cancellation fee if sufficient notice isn’t given - please see the fees and charges page for more information.

Spend time with the staff member or volunteer after the course to ensure learning is transferred into practice.

eLearning courses

The following core safeguarding courses are available free via the ERSCP Learner Management System (LMS):

• child exploitation
• fabricated illness
• safeguarding everyone Level 1
• safeguarding children Level 2
• safeguarding children Level 3
• safeguarding in education
• safer sleeping for babies
• self-harm
• suicidal thoughts
• toxic trio (impact of parental substance misuse, mental health issues and domestic abuse on children and young people)
• understanding young minds.

Course availability

Using your personal information

ERSCP will process your personal information in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. We may use your personal information in a number of ways, but only for the purposes for which it was given.

The personal information held by ERSCP is governed by East Riding of Yorkshire Council's privacy and information handling policy.